The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Blighted Irish field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage on the edge of urban Manhattan.

An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.